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Long-form scholarship and short news from the HALI editorial desk — published continuously between the four print quarterlies.
Collector Carpets at Henry's, Mutterstadt, 9 December 2017
Henry's sale on 9 December 2017 has almost 350 lots with a good offering of antique Tibetan and Chinese rugs among the semi-antique and antique furnishing carpets and rugs that represent the bulk of the sale.
Rippon Boswell, Wiesbaden, 25 November 2017
To view the Rippon Boswell catalogue please click here
Daniel Shaffer · 1 min
Alexander triumphs in London
Bucking the general market trend, the dedicated carpet sale of 154-lots offered at Sotheby’s New Bond Street’s on 7 November 2017 was one of the most exciting and successful rug auctions seen in London in recent years.
Ben Evans · 8 min
The Fifth International Symposium on Azerbaijani Carpets, Baku
The 5th International Symposium on Azerbaijani Carpets (ISAC 2017) took place on 17-20 October 2017 in Baku. The programme was ambitious, with three days of lectures, museum exhibitions and numerous cultural events.
From HALI 193: 'Relative Values: The Cost of Art in the Northern Renaissance' at The Met
In the regular Anatomy of an Object feature in HALI 193, curator Elizabeth Cleland explains the concept behind The Met exhibition that uses the currency of cows to illustrate the expense of tapestries at the time of their manufacture.
